Gaius Flaminius (Consul 187 BC)

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Gaius Flaminius († after 181 BC) came from the Roman plebeian family of the Flaminians and was 187 BC. Chr. Consul .

Life

According to the testimony of the Fasti Capitolini, Gaius Flaminius had a father and grandfather of the same name and was thus the son of the two-time consul Gaius Flaminius , who in 217 BC. Died in the battle of Lake Trasimeno against Hannibal .

For the first time Flaminius is mentioned in the sources in 209 BC. Mentioned when he was quaestor in the army of Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus in Spain. The next well-known office of his cursus honorum is the curule aedility , which he only received thirteen years later, in 196 BC. Chr., Exercised. At that time, together with his colleague Marcus Fulvius Nobilior, he had a million Modii (bushels) of wheat sold to the people at very reasonable prices. He received this food delivery from the Sicilians in good memory of his father, who in 227 BC. Was the first regular Roman governor of Sicily as praetor . Flaminius and Fulvius Nobilior also staged three-day games with great splendor.

Flaminius was made praetor in 193 BC. In this capacity he was elected and administered the Roman province of Hispania citerior . He made extensive levies to make up for the considerable loss of soldiers suffered by his predecessor Sextus Digitius . The Senate also authorized him to carry out further recruitment in Spain. According to the exaggerated account of the Roman annalist Valerius Antias , Flaminius is said to have raised troops in Sicily and was blown to the coast of North Africa by a storm on the way to Spain . When he arrived on the Iberian Peninsula, he succeeded in conquering a town belonging to the Oretani tribe . During the winter he continued to face minor military skirmishes and suffer losses. He stayed with an extended empire until 190 BC. In his position and fought the Celtiberians with some success .

187 BC Flaminius reached the climax of his career with the clothing of the consulate. He took his former colleague Marcus Fulvius Nobilior under protection when he was exposed to attacks from the second consul, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus . Lepidus in particular did not agree with the assignment of Liguria as a province to both consuls. Since Flaminius was initially ill, he came to his province only later, fought successfully against the Ligurian tribe of the Friniats, forced them to surrender and disarmed them. After crossing the Apennines , he took action against the Apuans , who had invaded the areas of Pisa and Bononia (now Bologna ) several times . This people, too, was subjugated by Flaminius.

After his successful warfare, Flaminius had his soldiers build a road from Bononia to Arretium (today Arezzo ), while his counterpart Lepidus created an extension of the Via Flaminia leading from Placentia (today Piacenza ) to Ariminum (today Rimini ) . Strabo wrongly ascribes the building of the Via Flaminia to Flaminius, because it was actually the work of Flaminius' father as censor in 220 BC. Was built.

Since 183 BC Flaminius belonged to the three-man college to which the management of the complex of Aquileia was entrusted. The foundation of this Roman colony under Latin law took place two years later, in 181 BC. Chr., Instead. After this point in time, further messages from Flaminius are missing.

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ Fasti Capitolini ad annum 187 BC Chr .: Gaius Flaminius C. f. C. n.
  2. ^ Livy 26, 47, 8 and 26, 49, 10.
  3. ↑ Livy 33, 42, 8.
  4. ↑ Livy 34, 54, 2; 34, 55, 6; 34, 56, 8; 35, 2, 1-8.
  5. ↑ Livy 35: 7, 7; Orosius 4, 20, 10.
  6. ↑ Livy 35:20 , 11; 35, 22, 5; 36, 2, 9; 37, 2, 11.
  7. ↑ Fasti Capitolini ; Livy 38:42, 2; among others
  8. ↑ Livy 38, 43, 8--38, 44, 3.
  9. ↑ Livy 38, 42, 8-12.
  10. ↑ Livy 38, 44, 3 and 8; 39, 2, 1-6.
  11. ↑ Livy 39, 2, 7-11.
  12. ↑ Strabo 5, 1, 11, p. 217.
  13. ^ Livy, periochae 20.
  14. ↑ Livy 39, 55, 6; 40, 34, 2f.
personal data
SURNAME Flaminius, Gaius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul 187 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH after 181 BC Chr.